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The Startup Factory is an early-stage accelerator providing startups with hands-on mentorship and up to $200,000 in seed capital.

Durham, NC
Web: http://www.TriangleStartUpFactory.com
Twitter: @TSF_VC
ExitEvent Member Since: 5.5.2011

THE STARTUP FACTORY EXITEVENT ARTICLES


Startup Jobs, the Weekly Round-up
7.9.14 -- So, you've been looking for a job and still no luck. As Chumbawamba once said, “I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never going to keep me down.”



After TSF Demo Day: Where They Were, Where They Are Now
5.29.14 -- Gone are the days when hundreds of people crowd in a room for Demo Day, when loud money-themed music welcomes a presenting startup founder to the stage, and when pressure mounts for investors to write hundreds of thousand dollar checks on the spot.

Hey Dave McClure! Invest in These 10 Triangle Startups.
5.27.14 -- Hi Dave, Welcome to the Triangle! We're not entirely sure what you're doing here this week, but at least 100 of us are pretty pumped to get to hear you speak tonight. We know you think differently about venture capital than all the rest.


SEO Experts Turn Crowdfunding Campaigns into Content
3.13.14 -- It's hard to know where to begin the story of Marty Smith.And that's partially why he's in the Startup Factory to build his latest startup, a platform that deploys crowdfunding campaigns as content marketing strategy for businesses.


Difficult Daycare Search Leads to CareLuLu Launch
3.13.14 -- More than 400 Washington D.C.-area daycares and preschools are providing detailed listings on a site that launched seven months ago to simplify and personalize the search for childcare.



Brevado Launches Timeline App
11.4.13 -- When I asked Brevado CEO Nick Zafiropoulos what his product looked like coming into their Startup Factory acceleration session just 10 weeks back, his answer was, well, honest.

My Picks for the Full Steam Ahead Awards
10.31.13 -- Last week, I took some time away from the grind to attend the WRAL TechWire Full Steam Ahead Awards, ironically hosted at the FullSteam Brewery in downtown Durham.


What Does It Take to Make the NC IDEA Startup Grant Semifinals?
10.7.13 -- Do you remember which startups won the NC IDEA grant over the past couple of years? That's what I asked myself when I started writing this article. My initial reaction was -- There's no way I have the space in my brain to keep track of these things.


Paradoxos Shows that Durham Has More Than Great Startups
6.10.13 -- When I arrived, CCB Plaza, much of which had been covered with tents, was milling with a few hundred people. There was a band on stage, several local breweries were pouring, and food trucks dotted the perimeter of the plaza.

Durham Next Starts With Triangle Startup Factory Pitch Day
6.5.13 -- I first met BringMeThat's Michael LaMarca at Tech Jobs Under the Big Top, and he had been in Durham for about five minutes. He immediately struck me as energetic and engaging. Good thing, I thought, because the business he'd chosen was a tough one.

Triangle Startup Factory v3 Selects Its New Class
3.11.13 -- The main difference in this class is all in where they came from. The percentage of applications from the Triangle, while still the bulk, is down even as the overall application numbers grow.




NC IDEA Announces Fall 2012 Startup Grant Winners
11.29.12 -- The last time I wrote about NC IDEA handing out up to $50K to deserving startups, I put the rest the idea that it's the best kept secret in the North Carolina startup scene. It's just no longer a secret.


American Underground Makes a 15-Year Startup Bet
11.15.12 -- American Underground, Durham's startup center located underneath the American Tobacco Campus, will be expanding a block-and-a-half away to 201 West Main Street with 40 private offices and 70 co-working desks.

Beyond Party Politics
11.7.12 -- Quite honestly, it was never my plan to host a monthly party, Get together? Sure. Blow off steam? Most definitely. Limit the audience to entrepreneurs and investors? Absolutely.

What You'll Hear at Startup Summit
10.25.12 -- So not too long ago, I wrote about how the week of November 5th is going to be a very productive week of startup and technology goodness, kicking off with the ExitEvent Startup Social the night of Monday, 11/5 and wrapping up with the IS Rocks music fest

Making Working at a Startup a Viable Option
10.8.12 -- It's hard for me to pick a favorite startup event. I like a lot of them. But for the record, if just to shed the image that I'm one of those rah-rah, everything-is-awesome guys, there are plenty of events I hate. With a passion.

NC IDEA Announces the Elite 23
10.5.12 -- I swear I didn't know that NC IDEA announced finalists for its twice-annual $50K grant cycle. However, when I asked Andrea Cook about it she assured me that they did do this, I just wasn't paying attention. That can happen.




NC IDEA $50K Grant Cycle Opens August 14th
7.27.12 -- For years now, I've been calling the NC IDEA Grant the best kept startup secret in North Carolina. A non-profit sister program to local VC firm Idea Fund Partners, they grant up to $50,000 to six or so early-stage startups.

The Top Two Things Early Stage Startups Need the Most
7.23.12 -- Back in April, I was driving home from an all-too-rare vacation, obviously thinking about work and ignoring the faint dialogue of the 20th in-car showing of Despicable Me when I got hit with inspiration.


Going to School With Groundwork Labs
7.12.12 -- Groundwork Labs is the first glass panel you see when you descend the stairs that lead from American Tobacco Campus into American Underground, going from the above-ground, more buttoned-up professional world into the creative, chaotic, more mysteriou

Calling The Higher Education Bubble
7.2.12 -- On Friday, Congress passed a measure keeping alive a program that temporary halves interest rates on federal student loans to 3.4% for another twelve months. Awesome news for rising college seniors everywhere, a big fat shrug for rising juniors.



NC IDEA Announces Spring 2012 Grant Winners
6.7.12 -- It looks like the best kept secret for North Carolina startups is no longer best kept. Truth be told, it was never really much of a secret, just an awesome thing that every startup in the state should take advantage of.


Startup Stampede III
5.31.12 -- For as long as I've known Adam Klein at the Durham Chamber, I've heard important people say nice things about him. I've documented my jealousy quite clearly in previous articles.

RTP New Tech Meetup Back From the Dead
5.16.12 -- Practice?!? When VCHub's Jeff Boardman was working on refining his startup back in October 2010, he happened on the RTP New Tech Meetup at a time when, if you can believe this, there weren't too many places to talk about your startup in the RTP.


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